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venial sin
noun
- a transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
venial sin
noun
- See mortal sinChristianity a sin regarded as involving only a partial loss of grace Compare mortal sin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of venial sin1
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Example Sentences
The SEC charging Goldman with securities fraud is like the Vatican charging a priest with venial sin.
That is true, the Church teaches, even of unrepented156 venial sin with its debt of temporal punishment.
The first is a venial sin, and easily forgiven—the second nearly unpardonable.
What is a venial sin against nature, what a mortal sin against nature?
It is at most an evil thought, a venial sin, which does not endanger the loss of body or of soul.
O quiet paths of algebra, you are my excuse for this venial sin!
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